"When I started writing 'A Million Little Pieces,' I felt like it was the right story with the style I had been looking for, and I just kept going."

-- James Frey

#Writing Quotes #Style Quotes #Stories Quotes

“It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
“I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.”
“...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.”

Source : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.29, Sheridan House, Inc.
“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.”
“When we pray "in the Name of Jesus" the answers are in accordance with His nature, and if we think our prayers are unanswered it is because we are not interpreting the answer along this line.”
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
“I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.”
“You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.”

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